CompaniesChanticleerPrint articleChanticleerWoolies shows our cultural cringeCorporate Australia needs to get on top of this stuff. As Peter Drucker says, culture eats strategy for breakfast.Dec 16, 2019 – 11.12amSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginAnother annual general meeting, another apology – well, sort of.Just days after Westpac’s outgoing chairman Lindsay Maxsted spent the best part of six hours apologising for putting children at risk through failings in its financial crime systems, Woolworths chief executive Gordon Cairns addressed the fact Woolworths has underpaid thousands of staff by as much as $300 million.Loading...James Thomson is senior Chanticleer columnist based in Melbourne. He was the Companies editor and editor of BRW Magazine. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at j.thomson@afr.comSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreChanticleerOpinionSupermarketsWoolworthsGordon CairnsBrad BanducciWage scandalLatest In RetailFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In ChanticleerThe Australian Financial Review MagazineThe top whisky you can buy without going on a waiting listMax AllenThe luxury travel trend you probably haven’t consideredThe restaurant that’s turning back the clock (in the best way)BOSS Financial ReviewThis CEO wakes at 5am, but doesn’t get in to work till 10amLauren SamsHow Matt Comyn starts his dayFrom stopping thieves in the GFC to running a $1b company, via The StarLife & LeisureRoom service for your bedroom and Blue Crush-inspired fashion1 hr agoEugenie KellyJewels that cost millions – and the clients who buy themCalifornia’s best-kept wine secrets: 5 bottles to discoverRich ListBillionaires Escalante and Arnaout taking liberties with ASICPrimrose RiordanCinema giant flags part-sale of Sydney’s George Street complexAnnie Cannon-Brookes steps out on her own
